Table 1.
Average fruit surface conductance (gc), respiration rate (Rf), air temperature, humidity, vapour pressure deficit (Da), and modelled daily fruit transpiration (Ef), for Porterville, CA, USA and Te Puke, New Zealand, for the month before harvest in 2004
| Variable | Porterville, CA | Te Puke, NZ |
| gc (mmol H2O m−2 s−1) | 4.1±0.3 | 4.6±0.3 |
| Rf (nmol CO2 g FW−1 s−1) | –0.167±0.008 | –0.061±0.006 |
| Air temperature (°C) | 19.0 (28.8) | 13.9 (18.6) |
| Humidity (%) | 58.5 (26.8) | 90.7 (70.4) |
| Da (kPa) | 1.21 (3.00) | 0.19 (0.67) |
| Ef (g d−1) | 0.89 (0.51–1.40) | 0.15 (0.00–0.36) |
Values are given with ±SE for gc and Rf, n=20 and 8, respectively; average daily maxima for temperature and Da, average daily minima for humidity, and range for Ef, in parentheses.